Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-15 Thread Rex Dieter
Stephen Gallagher wrote: > From my perspective, there are three ways that we could choose to go: > > 1) Follow the default DNF behavior: Requires: and Recommends: packages > are included on the install media (and therefore also installed > together onto the target system) +1 to this option -- R

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-13 Thread Stephen Gallagher
On Fri, 2015-07-10 at 22:53 -0500, Jon wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Stephen Gallagher < > sgall...@redhat.com> wrote: ... > > From my perspective, there are three ways that we could choose to > > go: > > > > 1) Follow the default DNF behavior: Requires: and Recommends: > > pac

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-13 Thread Radek Holy
- Original Message - > From: "Stephen Gallagher" > To: devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: rel-...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 2:05:24 PM > Subject: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process > > (Please keep the

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Jon
On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > (Please keep the conversation on the devel list; I'm CCing it the rel > -eng list to make sure all the relevant people see the initial message) > Nod, thanks for that! > > This past week, the Fedora Packaging Committee approved the us

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Neal Gompa
On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > > From my perspective, there are three ways that we could choose to go: > > 1) Follow the default DNF behavior: Requires: and Recommends: packages > are included on the install media (and therefore also installed > together onto the targ

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Josh Boyer
On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 08:05:24AM -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote: >> 1) Follow the default DNF behavior: Requires: and Recommends: packages >> are included on the install media (and therefore also installed >> together onto the target syste

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 08:05:24AM -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > 1) Follow the default DNF behavior: Requires: and Recommends: packages > are included on the install media (and therefore also installed > together onto the target system) Can this have the inverse of the case in #3 (where Recomm

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Stephen Gallagher
On Fri, 2015-07-10 at 13:06 -0500, Dennis Gilmore wrote: > On Friday, July 10, 2015 08:05:24 AM Stephen Gallagher wrote: > > (Please keep the conversation on the devel list; I'm CCing it the > > rel > > -eng list to make sure all the relevant people see the initial > > message) > > > > This past

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Dennis Gilmore
On Friday, July 10, 2015 08:05:24 AM Stephen Gallagher wrote: > (Please keep the conversation on the devel list; I'm CCing it the rel > -eng list to make sure all the relevant people see the initial message) > > This past week, the Fedora Packaging Committee approved the use of > "weak dependencie

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Stephen Gallagher
On Fri, 2015-07-10 at 07:56 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > On Fri, 2015-07-10 at 08:20 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > > You didn't offer your opinion on which of the three options you > > think > > we should go with. I would offer option 1 is the one we'd pick. > > It > > honors the intentions o

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Stephen Gallagher
On Fri, 2015-07-10 at 08:20 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Stephen Gallagher < > sgall...@redhat.com> wrote: > > (Please keep the conversation on the devel list; I'm CCing it the > > rel > > -eng list to make sure all the relevant people see the initial > > message) >

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Fri, 2015-07-10 at 08:20 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > You didn't offer your opinion on which of the three options you think > we should go with. I would offer option 1 is the one we'd pick. It > honors the intentions of the package maintainer the best. Which > would > you choose? Option 2 is

Re: RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Josh Boyer
On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > (Please keep the conversation on the devel list; I'm CCing it the rel > -eng list to make sure all the relevant people see the initial message) > > This past week, the Fedora Packaging Committee approved the use of > "weak dependencies" i

RPM Weak Dependencies and the install media compose process

2015-07-10 Thread Stephen Gallagher
(Please keep the conversation on the devel list; I'm CCing it the rel -eng list to make sure all the relevant people see the initial message) This past week, the Fedora Packaging Committee approved the use of "weak dependencies" in Fedora. What this means is that RPM packages can now have three le